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Historical Event on 1/3/1997
Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/14/1924 | Ikramullah (Ikram Sagri) Khan, famous Hindi poet, was born at Rehli in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/1/1910 | Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar. |
| 5/30/1991 | Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away. |
| 10/17/1940 | Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it. |
| 5/20/1850 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born. |
| 5/22/1961 | Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento. |
| 6/18/1978 | The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened. |
| 11/7/1862 | Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision. |
| 7/20/1954 | Armistice for Indo-China signed. |
| 11/8/1948 | Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy. |
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